Adam Kaspar Hesselbach (15 January 1788 – 7 May 1856) was a German

surgeon In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...

and

anatomist Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...

. He is the son of

Franz Kaspar Hesselbach Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (27 January 1759 – 24 July 1816) was a German surgeon and anatomist who was a native of Hammelburg. He was a pupil, and later Prosector under Carl Caspar von Siebold (1736–1807) at Würzburg. Later Hesselbach was a lec ...

. In 1818 Hesselbach became a ''Dr. phil. et medicinae'' in Würzburg. After that he was a professor for surgery in Würzburg (1828-1833) and

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...

(1836-1843).

Works

* (description of the human eye), 1820 * (description of the pathologic compounds, which are at the royal anatomic institute of Würzburg), 1824 * (the safest art of an abdominal cut in the groin), 1819 * (theory of the ruptures), 1829/30. 1788 births 1856 deaths Physicians from Würzburg People from the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg German surgeons {{Germany-med-bio-stub